biography

this is about my explorer life marquette jacues he was a normal man he was born june 1 1637 in laon france he was a jusit prest marquette jacques spent 2 years learning indian languages in 1671 he moved with them to the stignace misson on northern lake michigan the indians talked about a great river called the mississippi river. in may 1673 marquette jacques and 5 other men set out in two canoes from stignace they went south up to lake michigan in to the fox river at the mouth of wisconsin they saw the mississippi river they traveld south they diside it whent in the gulf of mexico they met frienley indians that told him white people lived more south marquette feared that they would get atacked so they sailed back north to chicago when he got ther he got sick and died may 18 1675

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